Rev. James Clarke
@revjamesclarke.bsky.social
Ordained Interfaith/Omnist/Pluralist Chaplain and Freelance Community Minister, Father, Husband, Music Lover, Bassist, and Meme Maker
People and institutions that serve people become corrupt when they choose to prioritize the service of power.
I note that Bluesky, which was created as an antifascist alternative to Twitter, has now given ICE a platform, despite ICE being a fascist paramilitary secret police force.
I note that Bluesky, which was created as an antifascist alternative to Twitter, has now given ICE a platform, despite ICE being a fascist paramilitary secret police force.
January 17, 2026 at 5:23 PM
People and institutions that serve people become corrupt when they choose to prioritize the service of power.
I note that Bluesky, which was created as an antifascist alternative to Twitter, has now given ICE a platform, despite ICE being a fascist paramilitary secret police force.
I note that Bluesky, which was created as an antifascist alternative to Twitter, has now given ICE a platform, despite ICE being a fascist paramilitary secret police force.
Saying that The Bible represents one characterization of God is like combining the seven Narnia books, Time Bandits, Bruce Almighty, and the lyrics to Slayer's God Hates Us All album into an anthology and saying that Aslan is the one image of God.
Every Bible reader chooses their preferred God.
Every Bible reader chooses their preferred God.
January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Saying that The Bible represents one characterization of God is like combining the seven Narnia books, Time Bandits, Bruce Almighty, and the lyrics to Slayer's God Hates Us All album into an anthology and saying that Aslan is the one image of God.
Every Bible reader chooses their preferred God.
Every Bible reader chooses their preferred God.
Dear Dr @maklelan.bsky.social,
What's your take on the plausibility of the "Stolen Body" hypothesis? You mentioned neuroscience in a previous video when discussing sitings of the risen Christ; could Jesus's disciples have (mis)interpreted his empty tomb as a sign of his having risen?
What's your take on the plausibility of the "Stolen Body" hypothesis? You mentioned neuroscience in a previous video when discussing sitings of the risen Christ; could Jesus's disciples have (mis)interpreted his empty tomb as a sign of his having risen?
January 4, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Dear Dr @maklelan.bsky.social,
What's your take on the plausibility of the "Stolen Body" hypothesis? You mentioned neuroscience in a previous video when discussing sitings of the risen Christ; could Jesus's disciples have (mis)interpreted his empty tomb as a sign of his having risen?
What's your take on the plausibility of the "Stolen Body" hypothesis? You mentioned neuroscience in a previous video when discussing sitings of the risen Christ; could Jesus's disciples have (mis)interpreted his empty tomb as a sign of his having risen?
Christian Supremacists say that Satan fell because his pride caused him to imagine himself more powerful than God, but they also endorse ICE agents desecrating sanctuary by arresting people in church.
They really don't see the symbolism of their support for fascism.
They really don't see the symbolism of their support for fascism.
December 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Christian Supremacists say that Satan fell because his pride caused him to imagine himself more powerful than God, but they also endorse ICE agents desecrating sanctuary by arresting people in church.
They really don't see the symbolism of their support for fascism.
They really don't see the symbolism of their support for fascism.
In a SCOTUS brief opposing the recognition of transgender personhood as a protected class, the LDS church states that such protection could restrict its ability to enforce faith-based policies.
September 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
In a SCOTUS brief opposing the recognition of transgender personhood as a protected class, the LDS church states that such protection could restrict its ability to enforce faith-based policies.
At least six Historically Black Colleges and Universities feel it necessary to go under lockdown because rival factions of a White Supremacist political cult are violently feuding with each other.
Let that statement sink in.
Let that statement sink in.
September 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
At least six Historically Black Colleges and Universities feel it necessary to go under lockdown because rival factions of a White Supremacist political cult are violently feuding with each other.
Let that statement sink in.
Let that statement sink in.
It's strange that the Republicans who have offered Thoughts and Prayers™ in response to school shootings haven't offered Thoughts and Prayers™ in response to Charlie Kirk's shooting but are instead demanding action.
September 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's strange that the Republicans who have offered Thoughts and Prayers™ in response to school shootings haven't offered Thoughts and Prayers™ in response to Charlie Kirk's shooting but are instead demanding action.
Anti-Vax logic applied to drunk driving:
"I don't need to drive sober. If drunk driving is so bad, why haven't I died or killed someone? Shouldn't I have? Oh, that's right, since I drive drunk, other drivers' sobriety doesn't matter. Sober driving is a hoax. My body, my choice"
"I don't need to drive sober. If drunk driving is so bad, why haven't I died or killed someone? Shouldn't I have? Oh, that's right, since I drive drunk, other drivers' sobriety doesn't matter. Sober driving is a hoax. My body, my choice"
September 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Anti-Vax logic applied to drunk driving:
"I don't need to drive sober. If drunk driving is so bad, why haven't I died or killed someone? Shouldn't I have? Oh, that's right, since I drive drunk, other drivers' sobriety doesn't matter. Sober driving is a hoax. My body, my choice"
"I don't need to drive sober. If drunk driving is so bad, why haven't I died or killed someone? Shouldn't I have? Oh, that's right, since I drive drunk, other drivers' sobriety doesn't matter. Sober driving is a hoax. My body, my choice"
Few people realize that the Second Amendment was ratified less than four months after the start of the Haitian Revolution.
Historians have plausibly argued that the 2nd Amendment was intended to help White farmers violently put down slave revolts.
Historians have plausibly argued that the 2nd Amendment was intended to help White farmers violently put down slave revolts.
Historian Uncovers The Racist Roots Of The 2nd Amendment
Carol Anderson says the Second Amendment was designed to ensure slave owners could quickly crush any rebellion or resistance from those they'd enslaved. Her new book is The Second.
www.npr.org
September 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Few people realize that the Second Amendment was ratified less than four months after the start of the Haitian Revolution.
Historians have plausibly argued that the 2nd Amendment was intended to help White farmers violently put down slave revolts.
Historians have plausibly argued that the 2nd Amendment was intended to help White farmers violently put down slave revolts.
"Armed minorities are harder to oppress" is a curious thing to say in a heavily armed society where minorities are regularly oppressed through incarceration, carceral enslavement, police shooting, financial predation, disenfranchisement, segregation, ethnic cleansing, and concentrated encampment.
September 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Armed minorities are harder to oppress" is a curious thing to say in a heavily armed society where minorities are regularly oppressed through incarceration, carceral enslavement, police shooting, financial predation, disenfranchisement, segregation, ethnic cleansing, and concentrated encampment.
Every time there's a spree-shooting, gun fetishists reflexively argue that spree-killers would find another way if we restricted guns.
The US's non-epidemic of spree-stabbings, spree-battings, spree-hammerings, spree-bombings, spree-poisonings, and spree-chainsawings demonstrates otherwise.
The US's non-epidemic of spree-stabbings, spree-battings, spree-hammerings, spree-bombings, spree-poisonings, and spree-chainsawings demonstrates otherwise.
August 31, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Every time there's a spree-shooting, gun fetishists reflexively argue that spree-killers would find another way if we restricted guns.
The US's non-epidemic of spree-stabbings, spree-battings, spree-hammerings, spree-bombings, spree-poisonings, and spree-chainsawings demonstrates otherwise.
The US's non-epidemic of spree-stabbings, spree-battings, spree-hammerings, spree-bombings, spree-poisonings, and spree-chainsawings demonstrates otherwise.
Any law that serves neither justice nor safety serves law makers', law enforcers', and law supporters' power.
August 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Any law that serves neither justice nor safety serves law makers', law enforcers', and law supporters' power.
@neildegrassetyson.com Question: if we're measuring the length of a river, are we measuring it in space-time? Put otherwise: CAN we measure a river in space time?
August 20, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@neildegrassetyson.com Question: if we're measuring the length of a river, are we measuring it in space-time? Put otherwise: CAN we measure a river in space time?
Kim Davis cheated on her first husband with her third husband, then divorced her first husband to marry her second husband, then divorced her second husband to marry her third husband, then divorced her third husband to remarry her second husband.
August 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Kim Davis cheated on her first husband with her third husband, then divorced her first husband to marry her second husband, then divorced her second husband to marry her third husband, then divorced her third husband to remarry her second husband.
Is the below quote from Hitler or Trump?
"We do not tolerate anyone in our ranks who offends the ideas of Christianity."
It's from Hitler¹, but its seeming consistenct with Trump's "anti-Christian bias" fad speaks to our political milieu.
¹snopes.com/fact-check/hitler-our-movement-is-christian/
"We do not tolerate anyone in our ranks who offends the ideas of Christianity."
It's from Hitler¹, but its seeming consistenct with Trump's "anti-Christian bias" fad speaks to our political milieu.
¹snopes.com/fact-check/hitler-our-movement-is-christian/
April 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Is the below quote from Hitler or Trump?
"We do not tolerate anyone in our ranks who offends the ideas of Christianity."
It's from Hitler¹, but its seeming consistenct with Trump's "anti-Christian bias" fad speaks to our political milieu.
¹snopes.com/fact-check/hitler-our-movement-is-christian/
"We do not tolerate anyone in our ranks who offends the ideas of Christianity."
It's from Hitler¹, but its seeming consistenct with Trump's "anti-Christian bias" fad speaks to our political milieu.
¹snopes.com/fact-check/hitler-our-movement-is-christian/
Trump in 2016:
"No leader, especially a religious leader, has the right to question another man’s religion or faith"¹
Also Trump in 2016:
"How can Ted Cruz be an Evangelical Christian when he lies so much and is so dishonest?"²
Trump in 2020: Joe Biden is "against God".³
Trump is insincere.
"No leader, especially a religious leader, has the right to question another man’s religion or faith"¹
Also Trump in 2016:
"How can Ted Cruz be an Evangelical Christian when he lies so much and is so dishonest?"²
Trump in 2020: Joe Biden is "against God".³
Trump is insincere.
April 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Trump in 2016:
"No leader, especially a religious leader, has the right to question another man’s religion or faith"¹
Also Trump in 2016:
"How can Ted Cruz be an Evangelical Christian when he lies so much and is so dishonest?"²
Trump in 2020: Joe Biden is "against God".³
Trump is insincere.
"No leader, especially a religious leader, has the right to question another man’s religion or faith"¹
Also Trump in 2016:
"How can Ted Cruz be an Evangelical Christian when he lies so much and is so dishonest?"²
Trump in 2020: Joe Biden is "against God".³
Trump is insincere.
Anybody who is familiar with the Mutant Registration Act from the X-Men universe should understand why RFK's national registry of autistic people is troubling.
April 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Anybody who is familiar with the Mutant Registration Act from the X-Men universe should understand why RFK's national registry of autistic people is troubling.
@elizabethbanks.bsky.social
Will you please consider making a prequel to Cocaine Bear called Smite Bears, based on 2 Kings 2:23-25, wherein two female bears go on a rampage and maul 42 boys who mocked Elisha for being bald?
This would make a great horror movie!
Will you please consider making a prequel to Cocaine Bear called Smite Bears, based on 2 Kings 2:23-25, wherein two female bears go on a rampage and maul 42 boys who mocked Elisha for being bald?
This would make a great horror movie!
What’s up with Elisha & the she-bears?
YouTube video by Dan McClellan
youtu.be
April 20, 2025 at 12:39 AM
@elizabethbanks.bsky.social
Will you please consider making a prequel to Cocaine Bear called Smite Bears, based on 2 Kings 2:23-25, wherein two female bears go on a rampage and maul 42 boys who mocked Elisha for being bald?
This would make a great horror movie!
Will you please consider making a prequel to Cocaine Bear called Smite Bears, based on 2 Kings 2:23-25, wherein two female bears go on a rampage and maul 42 boys who mocked Elisha for being bald?
This would make a great horror movie!
I want to read The Bible Says So, by Dr. Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social
April 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I want to read The Bible Says So, by Dr. Dan McClellan @maklelan.bsky.social
@maklelan.bsky.social Is this viral post valid?
April 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@maklelan.bsky.social Is this viral post valid?
Given that the UK Supreme Court has legally erased transgender personhood, will it now compel JK Rowling to republish the novels she penned as Robert Galbraith using her real name?
April 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Given that the UK Supreme Court has legally erased transgender personhood, will it now compel JK Rowling to republish the novels she penned as Robert Galbraith using her real name?
It seems like now would be a good time for the Supreme Court to explicitly affirm that detainments and deportations that involve neither warrants nor due process are unlawful orders, and that they will refuse to uphold the conviction of any government agent who refuses to obey such an order.
April 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It seems like now would be a good time for the Supreme Court to explicitly affirm that detainments and deportations that involve neither warrants nor due process are unlawful orders, and that they will refuse to uphold the conviction of any government agent who refuses to obey such an order.
In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Satan is recorded as tempting Jesus with the love of power. On a strictly literary level, it seems prudent to thank Satan for helping society identify an early means test for fascism. (Not that we've been good at applying this means test, of course).
April 16, 2025 at 12:16 AM
In the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, Satan is recorded as tempting Jesus with the love of power. On a strictly literary level, it seems prudent to thank Satan for helping society identify an early means test for fascism. (Not that we've been good at applying this means test, of course).
If Donald Trump can get a sex-trafficking, psychopathic rapist out of Romania, he can get an innocent man out of El Salvador.
He won't because he's fundamentally unjust.
He won't because he's fundamentally unjust.
April 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
If Donald Trump can get a sex-trafficking, psychopathic rapist out of Romania, he can get an innocent man out of El Salvador.
He won't because he's fundamentally unjust.
He won't because he's fundamentally unjust.
The subtext of terfy women's anti-trans argument that "women have a right to feel safe from men" in women's spaces seems to be that trans women have no right to feel safe from cis women in women's spaces.
April 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The subtext of terfy women's anti-trans argument that "women have a right to feel safe from men" in women's spaces seems to be that trans women have no right to feel safe from cis women in women's spaces.